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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 453 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1992 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":61104,"section_number":"15.2-3701","catch_line":"Agreement required","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-3701\/"}],"permalink":{"id":157529,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84088,"identifier":"15.2-3706","token":"15.2\/III\/37\/15.2-3706","url":"\/15.2-3706\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-3706\/","token":"15.2\/III\/37\/15.2-3706","dublin_core":{"Title":"Annulment of surrendered charter","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-3706","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon the effective date of the annulment<\/span>, the town<\/span> charter which is surrendered by the ordinance<\/span> shall be annulled. The terms and conditions of the contract<\/span> with the county<\/span> or counties in which the town<\/span> is located required by \u00a7 15.2-3701<\/a> shall be a binding and irrevocable contract<\/span> in favor of the public, compliance with which in all its parts may be enforced, and violation of which may be prevented, by mandamus or injunction<\/span> from the Supreme Court<\/span> or from any circuit<\/span> court<\/span> at the suit or relation of any citizen or taxpayer.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nANNULMENT OF SURRENDERED CHARTER (\u00a7 15.2-3706)\n\nUpon the effective date of the annulment, the town charter which is surrendered\nby the ordinance shall be annulled. The terms and conditions of the contract\nwith the county or counties in which the town is located required by \u00a7\n15.2-3701 shall be a binding and irrevocable contract in favor of the public,\ncompliance with which in all its parts may be enforced, and violation of which\nmay be prevented, by mandamus or injunction from the Supreme Court or from any\ncircuit court at the suit or relation of any citizen or taxpayer.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 453, \u00a7 15.1-965.35; 1997, c. 587.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}